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Mum's night cam vid reveals exactly why parents are SO tired

Hands up if you can remember the last time you woke up feeling super-refreshed and telling yourself you got MORE sleep than you actually needed? Nope, us neither! 😀

And now a mum has shared a brilliant time-lapse night cam video featuring her 10 month old son, Milo, showing just how much we all move around and get disturbed by our little ones throughout a regular night.

"After 10 months of waking up every morning feeling more tired than when I headed to bed, I was curious: what is actually happening?

"When I roll over and tell my husband, 'I literally got no sleep last night', was that actually the truth? No, I’m sure I’m being dramatic – it can’t actually be that bad….

"As a science experiment, and maybe visual justification for my dramatic statements of ‘literally’ not getting to sleep at night anymore, I duct-taped my NEST cam to the ceiling and let the night play out.

"Even I was shocked with the video I watched the next morning!"

The video shows just how much of Melanie's night was taken up with trying – and failing – to get children back to sleep: take a look at the screen grabs below to give you an idea...

Melanie starts the night on her own but has soon gone in to her little one's room and brought the tot in alongside her. (At this point, we should mention that, while Melanie's baby is 10 month old, bed-sharing with a baby under 6 months does carry suffocation or overheating risks, and you should always be super-vigilant about safe sleep rules before deciding to bedshare).

As the night goes on, Melanie's baby accidentally kicks her and wakes up and looks ready to play slap bang into the wee small hours. And then of course the toddler wakes... 😂

In fact, the whole vid is a series of constant moves and wiggles – from night until morning. Take a look (we couldn't stop watching)...

"Knowing I was not alone in the struggle to find balance between (1) trying to get sufficient rest yourself and (2) meeting the nutritional and emotional needs of your child(ren) throughout the night, I wanted to share this footage," Melanie wrote alongside the clips.

"My hope was that mums around the world could take comfort in knowing that, at the very same middle-of-the night moment, each of us is cradling our babies in the dark of our homes – together in this shared experience of motherhood."

What do you think?

Can you relate to Melanie's vid? Do you reckon it's probably pretty much the same in your house at night? Tell us in the comments below or over on Facebook